[Neuropostdocs] Fwd: Travel grants for PhD students & postdocs to attend the Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore

[Samuel Beshers]

Hi all,

Think about whether this is something you can do and would be interested in.
The selection process is highly competitive, but Martina Mustroph went 
last year.

Sam


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Subject: 	Travel grants for PhD students & postdocs to attend the Global 
Young Scientists Summit in Singapore
Resent-Date: 	Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:14:32 -0500
Resent-From: 	beshers at illinois.edu
Date: 	Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:13:51 +0000
From: 	Vickery, Ken <vickeryk at illinois.edu>



Please forward to eligible graduate students and postdoctoral 
researchers in your unit.

Dear Directors of Graduate Studies and Department Contacts,

The Graduate College is offering a limited number of travel grants for 
doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers to attend the fourth 
annual */Global Young Scientists Summit /*(GYSS).  GYSS is an 
international multidisciplinary research conference held in Singapore 
January 17-22, 2016, and it will bring together young researchers with 
acclaimed science and technology leaders from around the world.  
Speakers include recipients of the Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Turing 
Award, Millennium Technology Prize, and the IEEE Medal of Honor.

Doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers age 35 and younger in all 
STEM fields are eligible.  Travel grants will cover all costs associated 
with the conference including airfare, registration fee, lodging, meals, 
and local transportation.

Applicants apply through their departments, and each department may 
submit /one/ nomination for the campus competition.  Departmental 
nominations are due in the Graduate College by 10:00 a.m. on September 
2.  For complete details on the conference and the nomination procedure, 
visit the GYSS listing 
<https://www.grad.illinois.edu/fellowship/listing/4258> in our 
/Fellowship Opportunities/ database.

If you have any questions, please contact me at vickeryk at illinois.edu 
<mailto:vickeryk at illinois.edu>.

Sincerely,

Ken

*/Ken Vickery, PhD/*

/Director, Office of External Fellowships/

/Graduate College/

/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/

/204 Coble Hall, MC-322/

/Champaign, Illinois 61820/

/Tel: 217-333-3464/

/Email: //vickeryk at illinois.edu/ <mailto:vickeryk at illinois.edu>//

/http://www.grad.illinois.edu/extfellowships///



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